Google is now sharing the Googlebot IP ranges for the User-triggered fetchers. User-triggered fetchers are from Google tools and product functions where the end user triggers a fetch. Google said, “Added an additional list of IP addresses for fetchers that are controlled by Google products, as opposed to, for example, a user controlled Apps Script. … Read more
Reading Time: 11 minutes As the predominant web crawler accounting for nearly 29% of bot hits, Googlebot plays a crucial role in determining how users access information online. By continuously scanning over millions of domains, Googlebot helps Google’s algorithms understand the vast landscape of the internet and maintain its dominance in search with over 92% … Read more
When it comes to crawl budget and Google not crawling your site too much or too little, Google takes into account all Googlebot activity across all verticals. So that includes crawling for web search, Merchant Center, ads, and all the various crawling activities. Google’s John Mueller was asked by Christian Radny, “Does merchant center crawling … Read more
This week, I posted the big Google Webmaster Report for April; it is an excellent place to catch up quickly on the news. Google’s March 2024 core update had some volatility this week, and it is still rolling out. There are still no helpful content update victims who recovered, but there are core update recoveries. … Read more
Gary Illyes from Google posted on LinkedIn that his mission this year is to “figure out how to crawl even less, and have fewer bytes on wire.” He added that Googlebot should “be more intelligent about caching and internal cache sharing among user agents, and we should have fewer bytes on wire.” He added, “Decreasing … Read more
As expected, Google removed the crawl rate setting tool within Google Search Console. Last November, Google told us they would deprecate the crawl rate limiter legacy tool within Google Search Console on January 8, 2024. January 8th came and went and so did the crawl rate limiter with it. Google said this feature is no … Read more
Ever wondered what would happen if you prevented Google from crawling your website for a few weeks? Technical SEO expert Kristina Azarenko has published the results of such an experiment. Six surprising things that happened. What happened when Googlebot couldn’t crawl Azarenko’s site from Oct 5 to Nov. 7: Favicon was removed from Google Search … Read more
The legacy feature to control how fast Google crawls your website is going away on January 8, 2024. It is a feature that launched 15 years ago but Google never migrated it to the new version of Search Console. Gary Illyes from Google said, “with the improvements we’ve made to our crawling logic and other … Read more
Google is deprecating the crawl rate limiter legacy tool within Google Search Console on January 8, 2024. Google said this feature is no longer useful because Google said it has improved its “crawling logic and other tools available to publishers.” What is the crawl rate limiter. It is a tool within the legacy version of … Read more
Here is a creation from Lizzi Sassman from Google that Martin Splitt from Google shared from his desk. You can see there is a crochet Googlebot sitting on a mini sofa seat holding a coffee. This was shared on Mastodon. This post is part of our daily Search Photo of the Day column, where we … Read more
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